Dimapur, November 28 : The State Government in exercise of powers conferred under Section 25(1) of the Nagaland Municipal Act, 2001 has directed holding of general election to constitute the municipal councils and town councils in the State.
The government vide Notification No. MA- 74/2016, dated 21/11/2016 also has also ordered revocation of the notification No. UDD/MAC- 7/2009, dated 31/01/2012 and revoked the withholding of draft publication of Electoral Roll in respect of Mokokchung Municipal Council vide letter No. MA- 87/2016, dated 22/11/2016.
In order to constitute the Municipal Council, it has become absolutely necessary to revise the existing Electoral Rolls of Mokokchung Municipal Council as there is likelihood of death/transpositation of electors and minors who might have attained the qualifying age of 18 years and are now eligible for registration in the electoral rolls since the last revision, the government said.
In this connection, the State Election Commissioner has directed that a revision of the Electoral Roll for Mokokchung Municipal Council shall be taken up by way of Special Revision with reference to 1st January, 2016 as the qualifying date according to the schedule indicated as under:-
For Special Revision of the Electoral Rolls of the existing 18 (Eighteen) Wards, the State Election Commission, in exercise of provision of Section 34 (1) of the Nagaland Municipal Act, 2001, has directed that the Electoral Roll of the Assembly Constituency for the time being in force as prepared by the Election Commission of India published on 11/01/2016 as relates to the ward shall be the Electoral Roll of the Ward for the general election to the Town/Municipal Councils, and shall be published under sub-rule (1) of Rule 6 of the Nagaland Municipal Rules,2003 as Draft Publication as indicated in the above schedule.
No Enumerator(s)/ Supervisor(s)/Sector Magistrate(s) etc., need to be appointed during the ensuing Special Revision of the Electoral Rolls for the existing 18 (eighteen) Wards. The individual claimant/objector shall directly apply to the ERO for inclusion/deletion etc. Necessary guideline for the revision has been issued for the EROs separately.
Respective ERO shall give wide publicity in this regard and also acknowledge the receipt of this notification to the Commission by return Fax/W/T Message.
